Merrill Arnone & Jones

Merrill, Arnone & Jones is a premier Sonoma County law firm that has been serving the needs of North Bay businesses for over 40 years. Based in Santa Rosa, the firm's 5 partners pride themselves on being problem solvers for both the community and their clients. As problem solvers for their clients, the firm provides expert legal services in a varie... ty of industries. When the hospitality industry was looking for funding mechanisms to launch more focused destination marketing efforts, the firm worked with the Sonoma County Lodging Association to create the first county wide business improvement area in California. Public safety agencies throughout the County rely upon Merrill, Arnone & Jones to provide guidance on issues such as open meeting laws, elections and collaborative initiatives between special districts. To the wine industry, the firm brings expertise in the field of trademark protection and dispute resolution. For pilots and aviation businesses, the firm provides counsel on liability avoidance, regulatory compliance and the facilitation of purchase and sale transactions. Many of the businesses served by Merrill, Arnone & Jones are not large enough to justify the expense of in-house legal staff. So the firm strives to fill this need by learning as much as possible about each client and the issues that are important to their success. This includes the needs and desires of individual business owners who may have estate planning or other personal legal needs. Community service is deeply ingrained in the firm's culture. Mike Merrill arrived in Sonoma County in 1971 after serving his country as a Marine during the war in Vietnam. More recently, Mike was instrumental in bringing commercial air service back to Sonoma County as Chairman of the Airline Attraction Committee. Bill Arnone currently serves on the Santa Rosa Board of Public Utilities, and spent 15 years as a member of the City's Housing Commission and Redevelopment Agency. Ross Jones served on Windsor's first Parks & Recreation Commission and as a ...Read More